Thermometer

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A thermometer (from the Greek θερμός (thermo) meaning "warm" and meter, "to measure") is a device that measures temperature or temperature gradient using a variety of different principles.

A thermometer has two important elements: the temperature sensor (e.g. the bulb on a mercury thermometer) in which some physical change occurs with temperature, plus some means of converting this physical change into a numerical value (e.g. the scale on a mercury thermometer).

[edit] Also See:

• Felt air temperature
• Infrared Thermometer
• Heat transfer
• Freestyle Timing Booklet
• Data Service Requirements World Cup
• Snow temperature
• Dew Point
• Freezing Point / Freeze
• Fusion
• Melting Point
• Weather
• Atmosphere
• Melt Freeze Metamorphism
• Metamorphism
• Supercooling
• Heat transfer

[edit] Reference

• Wikipedia Thermometer [1]

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